O'Connell Electric

06/05/2026

We’re proud to share that O’Connell Electric has received the New York State Empire Award by Senator Pam Helming.

The award was presented during the 20th Annual Victor Business Awards and recognizes organizations that make outstanding contributions to their communities and to New York State.

This recognition reflects the hard work of our employees, the support of our clients and partners, and the long family legacy behind O’Connell Electric. Thank you to everyone who continues to help move our company forward.

06/03/2026

The marketing team was on the move last month – take a look back at May with us!

1-6: Our Line Skills Awareness class officially wrapped up in May, swipe to see some highlights. (designed to provide perspective from the field for our corporate staff)
7: Site visit to catch up with construction and technical services crews configuring equipment for a full gear replacement.
8-9: A new extinguishing product hit the market, so we got a hands on preview of how it works to extinguish lithium-ion battery fires.
10-11: On-site at the Point Of Interconnect (POI) for one of our large transmission line projects in the southern tier of NY.
12-13: Retirement lunch – Congratulations, Phil Yandow! We’ll miss you!
14: Site tour for a large substation project.
15: We installed a few time-lapse cameras in our prefabrication shops to capture some of our work as it comes and goes through our facilities.

06/03/2026

The marketing team was on the move last month — take a look back at May with us!

1-6: Our Line Skills Awareness class officially wrapped up in May. This class is designed to provide perspective from the field for our corporate staff. Swipe to see some highlights!
7: Site visit to catch up with construction and technical services crews configuring equipment for a full gear replacement.
8-9: A new extinguishing product hit the market, so we got a hands on preview of how it works to extinguish lithium-ion battery fires.
10-11: On site at the Point Of Interconnect (POI) for one of our large transmission line projects in the southern tier of NY.
12-13: Retirement lunch — Congratulations, Phil Yandow. We’ll miss you!
14: Site tour for a large substation project.
15: We installed a few timelapse cameras in our prefabrication shops to capture some of our work as it comes and goes through our facilities.

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, we remember and honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.

05/21/2026

Our annual Surplus Auction is here!

From Thursday, May 21st at 6pm through Wednesday, May 27th at 6pm, you can use the link below to bid on our available auction items of used tools and equipment.

Details:
🔺96 available auction items
🔺Inspection is Wednesday, May 27th from 9am-3pm
🔺Bidding closes Wednesday, May 27th at 6pm
🔺Inspection, item pickup, and onsite payment is in-person at our corporate headquarters (830 Phillips Road Victor NY 14564)
🔺Loading, removal, and onsite payment is on Thursday, May 28th from 10am-4pm. *All items must be removed by Wednesday, June 3rd.*

For more details, contact information, and for the list of available items, use the link below.

🔗 https://www.rtiauctions.com/auctions/oconnell-electric-summer-surplus-netauction-2026/

Opens: May 21st at 6:00pm Closing: May 27th at 6:00pm O’Connell Electric updates the tooling in their work trucks and locations around New York State. As the upgrade to newer equipment, they auction off the old units. All units have recently came out of service and most are operational. Personal i...

05/19/2026

Meet Matt Siau, a Project Manager in our Syracuse office. Matt began his career as an electrician nine years ago and has been part of the O’Connell team for the past three years. Since joining O’Connell Electric, Matt says the company’s strong focus on training has played a key role in accelerating his career.

“There is no position at O’Connell there is not training for.”

People like Matt are what make O’Connell Electric .

05/13/2026

A look inside the work that keeps systems online and projects moving forward.

In this short video, Project Manager, Scott Precourt, and IBEW Testing Technician, Shaun Lilly, give us a brief insight about what they do and their experience as members of our Technical Services Group.

If you’re an IBEW Testing Technician thinking about your next move or interested in stepping into a PM role, there’s real opportunity here to get involved in meaningful, hands-on work across the Northeast.

Hear it directly from the people doing the job.

05/11/2026

We’ve had a lot going on these first five months of the year. Take a quick look inside our new 50,000-square-foot prefabrication facility with John Miller.

This space is dedicated to material storage and off-site construction for one of our busiest clients.

We’re looking forward to sharing a lot more updates as this facility reaches full production capabilities.

05/08/2026

Our safety team and project managers had a busy Construction Safety Week this year – visiting job sites while emphasizing several key topics: line of fire safety, lithium-ion battery safety, and sharing and discussing the many positive safety findings from our Site Safety Observations.

It’s just as important to focus on what crews are doing well, using positive reinforcement as a segway to build meaningful relationships with our workers.

A truly notable moment this week was hosting our representative from DiVal Safety Equipment, Inc., Todd Petek, along with a brand rep from FCL-X to give us a live demonstration and firsthand look at a new extinguishing agent designed to stop lithium-ion battery fires.

With most of our tools today being powered by lithium-ion batteries these days, our ops teams were glad to know there’s an agent capable of extinguishing such fires and preventing reignition.

Proud to keep our crews informed, protected, and moving projects forward safely.

Learn more yourself at fcl-x.com

05/07/2026

Meet Mark Young, an Assistant Project Manager in our Syracuse office. Mark started with us as a Project Management intern in 2024 and after graduating from Syracuse University, made the transition to a full time role.

People like Mark are what make O'Connell Electric .

"When we carry around that red triangle on our hardhat or our vest, it means a lot."